Ethiopia: Governance and Religion

The International Crisis Group published on 22 February 2016 a study titled "Ethiopia: Governing the Faithful." 

Ethiopian Orthodox Christians and Muslims alike have accused the government of undue interference in their internal religious affairs, while the government sees itself as holding the secular line against politicization and extremism.  The ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front has shifted from mediating conflict between faith groups to regulating religious practice, especially where there are political or extremist overtones. 

Militant Islam in Somalia and Kenya

The Rift Valley Institute ran on 7 October 2014 a ten minute video interview between Rashid Abdi and Nimo-Ilhan Ali on militant Islam in Somalia and northern Kenya.  It discusses traditional moderate Sufi Islam in Somalia and the rise of Wahhabism and Arab influences in Somalia and Kenya. 

Ethiopia: Muslim-Christian Relations

This posting constitutes a summary of my remarks titled "Ethiopia: Muslim-Christian Relations" made on 16 January 2014 to a group at Bolling Air Force Base in Maryland.